Dr. Taruna Madan is a Senior Scientist at the Clinical Studies and Trials Unit (CSTU), with a PhD in Pharmacy from CSIR-IGIB and College of Pharmacy, University of Delhi (now DIPSAR, DPSR University), Dr. Madan did her post-doctoral training with Professor KBM Reid and Prof. Uday Kishore, MRC Immunochemistry Unit, University of Oxford, UK; and Dr. Raina Fichorova, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA.
She is the former President of Indian Immunology Society, a recipient of 2022- ISSRF-Mridula Kamboj Oration, 2018-IUSSTF-WISTEMM-Senior Scientist Fellowship Award; 2016-ACBI-Mrs. and Dr. G. P. Talwar Oration Award; 2003-CSIR Young Scientist and 1998-INSA Young Scientist Medal.
Her group has over 100 peer-reviewed publications with more than 5000 citations (h index 35), 8 granted patents, 1 multi-institution validated product and an ICMR policy brief at the intersection of immuno-regulatory, pattern recognition proteins (PRRs) and human health with a focus on host-defense, cancer and reproductive disorders.